A mercifully rational book review of Girls Like Us discusses the necessity of bearing responsible witness to a person’s suffering: “While Lloyd’s perspective on sexual exploitation and trafficking is important, it is only one. Inherent to the concept of critical thinking is that there are always nuances, conditions, and alternatives to consider.”

A Melbourne man has been sent to jail after raping and threatening to kill a prostitute: “Judge Michael Tinney said the woman was entitled to the full protection of the law regardless of her occupation” and recognized that the man likely chose a prostitute as his victim because he suspected she would not go to the police.